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Monday, August 20, 2012

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Middle-class children: Squeaky wheels in training

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 12:38 PM PDT

A new study found that working-class and middle-class parents often take very deliberate but different approaches to helping their children with their school experiences. Working-class parents, she found, coached their children on how to avoid problems, often through finding their own solution and by being deferential to authority figures. Middle-class parents were more likely to encourage their kids to ask questions or ask for help.

Work has more benefits than just a paycheck for moms: Working moms are healthier than stay-at-home moms

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 12:38 PM PDT

Working moms striving to "have it all" now can add another perk to their list of benefits -- health. New research finds that moms who work full time are healthier at age 40 than stay-at-home moms, moms who work part time, or moms who have some work history, but are repeatedly unemployed.

Relationship between marriage and alcohol examined

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 12:35 PM PDT

New research examining relationships and the use of alcohol finds that while a long-term marriage appears to curb men's drinking, it's associated with a slightly higher level of alcohol use among women.

God as a drug: The rise of American megachurches

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 12:35 PM PDT

American megachurches use stagecraft, sensory pageantry, charismatic leadership and an upbeat, unchallenging vision of Christianity to provide their congregants with a powerful emotional religious experience, according to new research.

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